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Wednesday, 6 April 2016

The
Nigerian Navy Wednesday disclosed that it has postponed the recruitment
exercise for the 2016 batch 25 trainees initially slated to hold nationwide
from Saturday 9th April. Investigation revealed that the decision of
the Naval authorities to postpone the exercise may not be unconnected with the
huge volume of applicants, (about 300, 000) that have showed interest in
joining the force. It would be recalled that following the new federal government
policy, applications for recruitment into any security agency is free. With
just about 3, 000 slots available in the recruitment exercise, the Naval
authorities felt it was better a new digital approach is applied to handle the
huge volume of application and avoid any calamitous occurrences such as
witnessed in the past in the Immigration episode, Vanguard further gathered. A
statement from Naval Headquarters on the postponement, signed by the Director
of Naval Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe said, “The Aptitude Test for
applicants of the 2016 Nigerian Navy Recruitment Exercise initially scheduled
to hold nationwide on Saturday 9 April 2016 has been postponed. “The Exercise
will now hold on Sat 14 May 2016 at all the designated centers nationwide as
earlier planned. “The shift in date is necessitated by the desire of the
Nigerian Navy to ensure a well-planned and hitch-free Recruitment Exercise.
“Therefore, the Nigerian Navy regrets any inconveniences the postponement will
cause to parents and candidates. “More so the general public is hereby informed
that there is ‘NO’ extension of date for submission of online application
forms. The submission of online application forms ended Friday 1st April 2016.”